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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Photo Essay: Route 66's Daggett, From Silver to Solar

You don't hear a lot about silver mining in California. The Golden State usually takes a backseat to Nevada when it comes to silver trails.

But silver was in abundance in the area east of Barstow, now populated by a number of unincorporated ghost towns and their environs: namely, Calico (photo essay forthcoming), and neighboring Calico Junction, later renamed Daggett.

Situated along the Southern Pacific Railroad, Daggett is currently a bustling thoroughfare for freight trains, with a BNSF Railway station on the Needles subdivision.

But, like many towns along Route 66, despite being accessible right off the 40 Freeway in the Mojave...